Shipping-case.



F. L. HAMILTON.

SHIPPING CASE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 3. |914.

Patented 3311.29, 1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I INVENTOR FZ. Ham/'lm AT'roRNEvgI/ Patented Jan.29,1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

mwN-rom` pin ar ibn FRANK L. HAMILTON, 0F FORD CITY, PENNSYLVANA,ASSIGNOR OF ONE-IIALF 'I'OY WILLIAM GREGG, OF FORD CITY, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHIPPING-CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent. ftPghtigniggd ,1t an, 299 1911Application Vfiled March 3, 1914. Serial N o. 822,14*?.

.To all whom t may concern.' A

Be it known that l, FRANK L. HAMILTON, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Ford City, in the county of Armstrong and State ofPennsylvania, have 1nvented certain new and useful improvements inShipping-Cases, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawing. n

This invention relates to shipping cases, more particularly of thebraced knock-down class, and has for its object to provlde a ship pingcase particularly adapted for the shipment of plate glass, and which,when set up, presents a rigid structure capable of withstanding roughusage to which it is subjected during transportation, to prevent listingof the case during transportation, and further thoroughly protecting thecontents of the case.

A further object of' the invention is to provide, in a manner ashereinafter set forth, a shipping case designed primarily for use in theshipment of plate glass, and having the various elements thereofdetachably connected together whereby the case can be convenientlyknocked down, and the elements constituting the case used again whenoccasion so requires, providing a great saving in material. Y

A further object of the invention is to provide a. braced plate glassshipping Case Capable of being assembled and disassembled, and which,when used, will save time in the packing of the glass, loading the caseupon a car, unloading the case, and furthermore save time in theunpacking of the case, and also obtain a greater shipment per car thanby the method and means now employed for shipping plate glass. c

A further object of the invention is to pro vide a braced shipping casefor plate glass whereby greater security is obtained in shipment than issecured by the method and means now employed.r

A. further object of the invention is to provide a `braced shipping casewhereby, when employed, the kcost of packing, shipping and unpackingwill be materially decreased over the means and method now in vogue forpacking, shipping'and unloading plate glass.

v Further objects of the invention are tov provide a braced shippingcase for plate glass which is comparatively simple 1n its constructionand arrangement, strong, durable, readily set up and convenientlyknocked down, efficient in its use, unusually compact vi hen knockeddown, comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, and capable of beingemployed over and over again for storing and shipping plate glass.

Vith the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists ofthe novel con struction, combination and arrangement of parts to behereinafter more specifically described and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein is shown an embodiment of the invention,but it is to be understood that changes, variations and modificationscan be resorted to which come within the scope o-f the claim hereuntoappended.

In describing the invention in detail, reference is `had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference denotecorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which :f-

Figure l is a perspective view of a braced shipping case in accordancewith this invention;

Fig. 2 is an end view thereof;

Y Fig. 3 is arvertical sectional view, broken away;

Fig. 4: is a vertical sectional view;

Fig. 5 is a disassembled view, broken away, and in perspective ofcertain elements of the case;

ig. 6 is an end view of a modified form; an

Figs. 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 are views illustrating details of the fornishown in Fig. 6.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 5 of the drawings, the body portion of the caseconsists of a pair of end walls 12-13, side walls 14.-'15, a bottom 16and a cover 17.

The side and end walls are formed of metallic plates of the desiredthickness and weight and each of said end walls has the top and bottomthereof provided with outwardly .projecting lateral flanges 18-19respectively, and each of the side walls is provided at its top andbottom with outwardly extending lateral flanges 20-221 The flanges 18,19, 2O 21 are of the same length as the length of their respectivewalls, and each of said flanges at each end, is formed with a pluralityof openings 22, and the openings of the upper flange register withV theopenings of the lower flange. When the lbody portion is set up, the sideand end walls abut against each. other as illustrated in Fig.

5, and the said side and end walls are connected together by cornerpieces 23 which are angle-shaped, and each of said corner pieces isprovidech'at its top and bottom, with an outwardly projectingangle-shaped lateral flange, and the legs of eachY of said flanges areindicated at 241-25, and each of said legs is formed with a plurality ofopenings 26. The corner pieces are positioned against the outer faces oftheside and end walls between the flanges 18-19, and 20-21, and the legs25 of the flanges of the corner pieces yabut against the inner faces ofthe flanges 2O 21, and the legs 2-1 of the flanges of the corner piecesabut against the inner faces of the flanges 18-19. .The openings Y 26.register with the openings 22 for the pur- Vpose of passage ofhold-fast devices to be presentlyreferred to. The cover 17 and bottom 16rare formed ofa series of woodenl bars, or if desired, one piecematerial, and the said series of bars of the bottom 16, and of the cover17, are secured together by longitudinally extending cleats l27---28 and29, or if desired, the cleat 2S can be dispensed with. lVhen the cleat28 is employed, it is disposed centrally with respect to the cover, orthe bottom. The cleat 27, as well as the cleat 29, is arranged inwardlywith respect to the longitudinal edOe of the cover `17, or the bottom1G.

The bottom 16, andtheV cover`17, have secured to the outer facesthereof, spaced metallic plates30,7providedwith openings 31. Openings 32are provided in the bottom 16 v and cover 17 and the said openings 32register with the openings 31 in the plates 301. Securing devices 33 are.employed for connecting the lplates 30 in position.

The corners of the cover, as well as the corners of the bottom, projectover the space 341' formed at the ends of the flanges 18 to 21 wherebythe ends of the flanges are protected.

The bottom 16 and cover 17 are provided with openings which registerwith the openings 22 of the flanges 18 to 21 for a purpose to bepresently referred to.

y The bottom 16 is detachably secured to the flanges 19 and 21, byheaded bolts 36, which extend through the said flanges 19 and 21, andthrough Vthe openings 35 in the bottom 16, and further through theopenings 31, of the plates 30, which are secured to said bottom 16. Thebolts 36 project outwardly from the bottom V16 and have 1nounted thereonnuts 37 which abut against the plates 30. The cleats 27 and 29 act as aprotecting medium for the nuts and projecting ends of the bolts in viewofthe fact that the said cleats are of greater height vthe plates 30.The cleats 27-29 oit' the cover 17 protect the nuts 39 on the projectingends of the bolts 3S.

lVith the foregoing construction and arrangement of parts it is evidentthat the body portion of the shipping case is formed of a series ofelements detach-ably secured together, and which permits of the bodyportion being conveniently knocked down and set up when occasion sorequires.

The legs 2+-25 of the flanges of the corner pieces 23, at the ends ofthe side wall 15, and one end of the end walls 12-13 are secured tothellanges 18 to 21 by short bolts l() passing through the openings22-26 and 35, and nuts 41 carried by the bolts L10, and which abutagainst the bottoni 16 and cover 17.

The legs 25 of the flanges of the corner pieces 23, arranged at the endof the side wall 11, are secured to the flanges 20-21 by bolts and nutscorresponding to the bolts andV nuts Lt0 and h11. The bolts` passthrough the said legs 25, flanges 2021, and through the cover andbottom, and the nuts abut against the cover and bottom. A part of thebolts extend through the opening 26-22 and 35.

The legs 2st of the flanges of the corner pieces 23 which are arrangedat the other end of the end walls 14.*--15 are secured to the flangesitl- 19, bottom 16 and cover 17 by elongated headed bolts 4:4, and whichare provided with nuts L15 abutting` against the cover 16. The elongatedbolts 4l fur ther constitute means for securing to tht` body of the casea flanged coupling plate t6@ The flanges of the plate 46 are indicatedat 17 and abut against those legs 2l ofthe flanges of the corner pieces23 through vwhich extend the elongated bolts tllaeh of the couplingplates-16u is provided with an outwardly extending threaded member Infor the purpose to be presently referred to.

The shipping ease further includes extensible and contractible pivotedbrace nient bers which maintain the case on edge and which extend inopposite directions with respect to each other. and at their upper endsare connected to the threaded inen1 bers 46, and at their lower ends arepir-- otally connected to an anchor. Each of the braces consist of anupper section 4'7". a lower section 48, a turnlmcklo #19. a pair ot jamnuts 50. and an anchor 5l. The upper section 47 has its lower endperipherally 'threaded as at 52, and the lower section 418 has its upperend peripherally threaded as at 53. The turnbuckle 4-9 engages with theperipherally threaded ends 52 of the Leagues sections 471--48 and one ofthe jam nuts 50 is mounted upon the threaded portion 52 above the upperend of the turnbuckle, and the other jam nut 50 is mounted upon the`threaded portion 53 below the lower end of the turnbuckle 49. The upperend of the section 47a is liattened as at 54 and formed with an openingfor the passage of the threaded member 46, and the said flattened end 54of the section 47a, is secured upon the threaded member 46 by a nut 55.The lower end of the section 48 is iattened as at 56, and extendsbetween a pair of vertically disposed lugs 57, carried by a plate 58.Extending through the lugs 57 and the end 56 ot the section 48, isa pin59 for pivotally connecting the lower end of the section 48 to the lugs57. The plate 58 is provided with openings 60 for the' passageolf'hold-tast devices to lixedly secure said plate 58 to a support, byway of example, the floor or wall of the car. The lugs 57, plate 58, andpin 59 constitute an anchoring device for pivotally connecting the lowerend of the brace member to a lixed support.

In the modilied form shown in Figs. 6 to 11 of the drawings, the bodyportion of the box is constructed of wood in lieu of metallic sheets,and referring to said figures, 61 and 62 denote the end walls, and 63-64the side walls. The side walls overlap the end walls as indicated at 64.The side walls are connected to the end walls by corner pieces 65 in theform of angle members, and the said corner pieces are xedly secured tothe said side and end walls by bolts 66, provided with nuts 67.

Each of the side and end walls has provided in its top edge a pluralityof rectangular pockets 68, and each of said walls is Yfurthermoreprovided with vertically extending openings 69, which at their upper endcommunicate with the pockets 68 and extend to the lower edge of thewall. The openings 69 are disposed centrally with respect to the pockets68, and are cylindrical in contour.

llhe top 70 and bottom 71 in Figs. 6 to 11 are constructed in the samemanner( as the top 17 and bottom 16 employed in connection. with theform shown in `lEigs. 1 to 5, and the openings 32' in the top 70register centrally with the top of the pocket 68, and the openings 32 inthe bottom 71 register with the lower ends of the openings 69.

i series of bolts are employed for coni'iecting the bottom 71 to theside and end walls, prior to the securing of the cover in position, andeach of said bolts consists of an elongated tubular shank 72 provided atthe lower end with peripheral threads 73, and at the upper end withperipheral threads 74. Each of the Shanks 72 in proximity to thethreaded portion 74 is provided with a pair of laterally extendingrectangular lugs 75 which are disposed in opposite directions withrespect to each other and are adapted to seat in the pocket 68. rllheportions of the Shanks of the bolts 72 above the lugs 7 5,

project through the cover in position. The lugs 75 prevent turn-.y

ing of the bolts when in position. Nuts 77 are mounted upon the threadedends 74 and engage the cover or top.

'l`he bolts 66 arranged at one end of thel end wall 63, and at one endof the end wall 64, are extended outwardly to receive a coupling plate78 which is secured in position by nuts 67. The coupling plate 78 has adepending lug 79, which carries an outwardly projecting threaded bolt 8Oprovided with a nut for connecting the end 54 ot the section 47 a of thebrace member to the box.

From the foregoing construction and arrangement of parts it is obviousthat the elements of the body portion of the case can be easily andquickly assembled and disassem bled, and that when the elements of thebox are disassembled they can be packed in a compact manner and can bereturned to the original shipper in a knocked down position at acomparatively small rate for transportation. lt is also obvious that thebrace members can be positioned at different an gles for maintaining thecase on end to prevent shifting thereof, or to prevent listing duringtransportation, and it is furthermore obvious that the anchoring devicescan be secured to any suitable support for the purpose ot' maintainingthe braces in position.

It is furthermore obvious that the knockdown body portion of the casecan be repeatedly used for the transportation of plate glass or otherkinds ot merchandise, and vit is furthermore obvious that the box can bemade of various sizes and proportions.

What I claim is In combination, a plate glass shipping boa adapted to besupported in shipment upon one edge, a brace pivoted at one end to theend of the box adjacent the other edge of the box, and a toot piecepivoted to the other end of the brace and adapted to be secured to thebody of the car in which the box is shipped.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

FRANK L. HAMILTON. Witnesses -gfj VMax H. SRoLovITz, Y

NICHOLAS L. BoeAN.

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